Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rathtermon, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathtermon
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.93587, -8.39533
- SMR number
- SL047-045----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In undulating pasture, on top of a ridge. A raised circular area (int. diam. 21m) enclosed by an inner earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 2m), an outer earth and stone bank (Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 0.5m) and an intervening fosse (Wth 3m). There are several breaks in both banks and a possible entrance (Wth 1.5m) in the N arc where the intervening fosse becomes shallow. The banks and fosse are overgrown with trees and several trees grow in the interior.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005).
Date of upload: 18 January 2008
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.